It is unusual to be given three opportunities to address one of the most crucial issues facing humanity – the uprooting of poverty and inequality.
On August 16 the Marikana massacre brought to the fore two forms of violence present in the everyday lives of workers.
The victories of civil society become a vehicle for mobilising on education rights.
The Department of Science and Technology hosts the Women in Science Awards to recognise the achievements of SA women scientists and researchers.
Revising our government structures might be an option, but the real problem lies with people.
Revising our government structures might be an option, but the real problem lies with people, writes Eusebius McKaiser.
An education rights charter is an important step in this direction.
Dennis Davis finds much to applaud in former competition tribunal head David Lewis’s book Thieves at the Table.
The new ANC policy documents fail to provide solutions to our economic woes, writes economist Lumkile Mondi.
Damaged by our past, South Africa allows poor governance that ultimately will cost us our civil liberties, writes Mamphela Ramphele.
Why has the role of a mobilised people not been mentioned in the ANC’s policy proposals on education, asks Graeme Bloch.
The ANC’s policy proposals for schools lack the necessary will to address the issues children face, argues Graeme Bloch.
The conviction of a farmworker for the murder of Eugene Terre’Blanche has laid bare South Africa’s bitter anger across the racial divide.
A new Bill before Parliament gives traditional leaders considerable powers. Monde Nkasa arguments for the Bill.
Andile Mngxitama responds to Kwanele Sosibo’s article on Lesego Rampolokeng’s new book, which he says was a gratuitous denunciation of Rampolokeng.
The new World Bank chief may come from the pro-poor camp, but he has arrived in a time of policy agnosticism.
The new World Bank chief may come from the pro-poor camp, but he has arrived in a time of policy agnosticism.
The recently released draft of the first South African Defence Review is too soft on the threats posed by unaddressed developmental issues.
Constitutionally, we must respect people’s right to privacy, even with regard to public figures, writes Eusebius McKaiser.
Two representatives from Palestine and Israel repeatedly heard the region’s conflict called "apartheid". They explain why this idea is inaccurate.
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/ 23 September 2011
Freedom of expression has suffered two body blows in the Protection of State Information Bill and the Malema Equality Court ruling.
In 2010 South Africa’s commitment to freedom of expression was put to the test.
There has not yet been an authoritative statement since our Constitution came into force that a journalist’s sources ought be protected.
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/ 15 February 2010
The United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office’s settlement with BAE Systems is a travesty of justice.
Attacks on the integrity of the judge after the UN report on Gaza are misguided. A more appropriate critical response is needed.
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/ 20 February 2004
Over the past few years the Treasury and the government have improved in making information on the Budget, the allocation of state resources and programmes available to the public timeously and in detail. However, we should not confuse this effusive sharing of information with public participation in the Budget and fiscal policy formulation.
The city council’s decision to blow up two of the cooling towers on June 16 has disturbed a good few people.
The ninth anniversary of the Soweto student uprising of 1976 will be commemorated this weekend in an atmosphere more tense than any previous June 16.